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TULSA, Oklahoma -
Can a park transform a city?
The man whose firm is behind the design for Tulsa's Gathering Place says it can.
Michael Van Valkenburgh has become one of the world's most acclaimed landscape architects by stressing that parks are more than just a collection of trees and swing sets. He believes they're a place for people, where strangers can mingle and interact and build a better city in the process.
To get a sense of what's coming to Tulsa, I met Van Valkenburgh in Brooklyn, New York, his home, where his firm has turned an industrial wasteland into a vibrant piece of urban life.
The sounds of a park in the middle of America's greatest city a park with a heart-stopping view of that city are the sounds that tell Van Valkenburgh he's done his job well.
This is something that people want to embrace, it's all around us, he said. People having a good time, around other people they don't know. People like being around people.
First and foremost, America's leading landscape architect considers himself in the people business.
Whether it's at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pennsylvania Avenue out front of the White House, Harvard Yard, the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis, the George W. Bush library, and soon, Tulsa's Gathering Place, Van Valkenburgh is at the top of his game and his profession - at a time of exciting renewal for American cities.
I feel very lucky as a landscape architect that I'm alive and doing this work at a time when people are so interested in what makes cities a good place to live, he said.
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The Oakview community pool is closed. Parents are worried that standing water in the large pool might be a safety hazard for children at Roscoe Nix Elementary School.
A community pools dilapidated appearance is worrying Silver Spring residents who believe its a safety hazard for children at a nearby elementary school.
Now a diesel generator will be placed on the the Oakview pool property, which is across from the Roscoe Nix Elementary School parking lot.
The Montgomery Board of Appeals is debating Verizons request to expand the cell tower equipment compound at 1101 Corliss St. in Silver Spring from 843 to 1,473 square feet. A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 12.
The primary concern is whether Verizons request interferes with school traffic.
If approved, the diesel fuel generator would move across the back of the elementary school parking lot through a new access gate, where the larger and adjacent kiddy pools are located.
Because of its proximity to the school, Janis Zink Sartucci of the Parents Coalition of Montgomery County, who is opposed to the expansion, believes it heightens commercial traffic near the school. Its particularly dangerous if the gate at the back of the pool is left unlocked, she said.
My guess is it can be unlocked at any time. Its just a deadbolt, she said. A kid comes in and then they could climb out and leave and theyve unlocked the door, with no maintenance of the pool area, with no one checking daily that door can be unlocked today.
The cell tower equipment expansion and the lack of maintenance is an ongoing problem that the Parents Coalition hopes the board of appeals will address.
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PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Greenhouse farming, encroachment on river reserves and land clearing are among the activities that caused the floods and mudslide at several areas in Cameron Highlands, an enviromental group said.
Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands (Reach) president R. Ramakrishnan said the filters used by greenhouse farmers on their crops caused an unnatural flow of water into the river bed.
"They use plastic to cover and protect the crops and the water flowing from it goes into the riverbed.
"When the river cannot accommodate the extra water, there will be flash floods," Ramakrishnan told The Star.
The Star had previously highlighted in a series of articles the massive land clearing and development in Cameron Highlands.
Ramakrishnan also said there was no longer land available for agricultural purposes as the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry had ruled that such land was only suitable in areas with gradients below 20 degrees.
He estimated that the current erosion rate in the area was about 200 tonnes per hectare per year.
Tanah Rata assemblyman Leong Ngah Ngah cited over development, land clearing and heavy rainfall among the factors for the incident.
He said there have been a lot of development over the past years.
"Unchecked land clearing also cause destruction to water retention areas, causing rivers to swell.
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Publication Date : 07-11-2014
Greenhouse farming, encroachment on river reserves and land clearing are among the activities that caused the floods and mudslide at several areas in Cameron Highlands, an enviromental group said.
Regional Environmental Awareness Cameron Highlands (Reach) president R. Ramakrishnan said the filters used by greenhouse farmers on their crops caused an unnatural flow of water into the river bed.
They use plastic to cover and protect the crops and the water flowing from it goes into the riverbed.
When the river cannot accommodate the extra water, there will be flash floods, Ramakrishnan told The Star.
The Star had previously highlighted in a series of articles the massive land clearing and development in Cameron Highlands.
Ramakrishnan also said there was no longer land available for agricultural purposes as the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry had ruled that such land was only suitable in areas with gradients below 20 degrees.
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Floods and mudslide in M'sia caused by several factors, says expert
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PETALING JAYA, Nov 6 (Sin Chew Daily) -- After almost a year, the mudslide occurred in Cameron Highlands again. The two tragic incidents nevertheless have many things in common, and we cannot help to speculate whether what happened were actually man-induced disasters instead of natural disasters.
Senior Meteorological Officer of the National Weather Centre, Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip told Sin Chew Daily today the rainfall at Cameron Highlands yesterday was 80mm lasting for over four hours. However he said the rainfall was considered normal for the monsoon season and should not have caused the mudslide.
He also rebuked talks of natural disaster, saying the mudslide yesterday had something to do with the high water level at Sultan Abu Bakar Dam.
Two days earlier, TNB generation division senior general manager (asset management) Azman Talib warned that a mudslide could occur in Cameron Highlands any time.
Recurrence in one year
Early last October, the most severe mud flood in history took place in Cameron Highlands, and the incident recurred barely a year later. This time, the site of disaster was near Ringlet new village, about 4km from last year's disaster zone.
Last year, the rain fell for seven hours but the rain only lasted for four hours this year.
Azman said two days before the mudslide that the Ringlet Lake adjoining Sultan Abu Bakar Dam was filled with garbage that had piled up to almost two storeys high that could fill at least 100 football stadia!
He said the domestic and agricultural wastes disposed by local residents were ten times more than before, up from 30,000 cubic meters in 1960 to 300,000 cubic meters today, adding that this had made the garbage clearing work much more complicated and costly.
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November 7, 2014
Teresa Kok says menteri besar admitted to being aware of stripped forests yet did nothing about it.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Pahang state government has indirectly admitted it failed to prevent excessive land-clearing in Cameron Highlands which resulted in the tragic mud floods in Ringlet, DAP vice-chairman Teresa Kok said today.
Kok said Pahang Menteri Besar Adnan Yaakob had acknowledged the fact that excessive land-clearing resulted in the mud flow but still did not take any action.
Adnan had said he had surveyed Cameron Highlands many times by air and noticed that the forests had been stripped bare due to excessive land-clearing, whether done legally or illegally.
He also admitted that the state government had done nothing to check the situation for fear that the people would immediately attack and blame the government for being uncaring.
Kok said Adnans remarks were merely to divert attention that the state government had failed in its responsibility to prevent excessive land-clearing.
She said Adnan was also admitting that the government had failed to carry out enforcement.
Does he think that he can convince the public that due to the governments fear of being criticised, the state government has refrained from doing what it should do? she asked.
Kok said the occurrence of mud flows would prevent tourists from visiting Cameron Highlands, which was one of the most popular tourists spots in Malaysia.
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